The Capture readies for London filming
A major new drama, The Capture, is in pre-production in London readying for a lengthy shoot.
Produced by Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios, the series comes from writer-director Ben Chanan (best known for Channel 4 docu-drama Cyberbully) and begins with the unjust arrest of an innocent man, escalating into a story of manipulated evidence and conspiracy.
At the time of the commission announcement, controller of BBC Drama Piers Wenger said: “The Capture is a complex conspiracy thriller with a big human story at its heart. Research-based but with huge flair in its storytelling,
"The Capture shines a light on surveillance culture and asks what happens in a world where we can no longer trust the evidence in front of us.”
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The executive producers are Chanan, David Heyman and Rosie Alison for Heyday Television, Ben Irving for BBC One and Tom Coan for NBCUniversal International Studios.
Photo via FreeImages.com/Richard Styles.
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